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. >> they continue doom and gloom with the transportation secretary ray lahood warning the airport wait times are about to become more of a mess. >> flights to major cities. like new york, chicago, san francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes. during peak hours. because we have fewer controllers on staff. >> republican rand paul introduced his own a terptive plan without layoff. charming white house is exaggerating the impact. >> i'm'd say balderdash. it's untrue, unfair, dishonest, disingenuous. the president is making stuff up. he puts law enforcement, firemen and policemen who 98% of them are paid for with the local taxes. says you will lose your local police men because of this. it's not true. >> republican duncan hunter teeing off on the white house for delaying deployment of the uss harry s. truman to the persian gulf and hunter claiming this is more about the drama than budget cuts. pentagon spokesman told fox news it was the right decision to make. that it was all about saving mup. had nothing to do with political drama. bret? >> bret: ed, yesterday, we h
. >> they continue doom and gloom with the transportation secretary ray lahood warning the airport wait times are about to become more of a mess. >> flights to major cities. like new york, chicago, san francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes. during peak hours. because we have fewer controllers on staff. >> republican rand paul introduced his own a terptive plan without layoff. charming white house is exaggerating the impact. >> i'm'd say...
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>> it's ray lahood laying out all these horrible things he says will affect the flying public. you've got the pentagon saying there will be furloughing people and also now pulled back on sending a ship to the persian gulf. republicans suggesting wait a second, that is gamesmanship here and posturing, so you've got ray lahood saying no, this will be real, and rand paul saying the president is exaggerating. >> the idea that we're just doing this to create some kind of a horrific scare tactic is nonsense. >> i would say balder dash. it's untrue, unfair, dishonest, disingenuous. the president is making stuff up. >> you can see how far apart they are and that's why there is many in washington who think we're likely to have the automatic cuts kick in on march 1 and if there is a big impact, all of a sudden both sides will finally come back to the table. >> shepard: balderdash even. give them balderdash. give all of them our best. thanks so much. >>> the pentagon is grounded the entire fleet, all of its f-35 fighter jets. the single most expensive weapons program our military has. mil
>> it's ray lahood laying out all these horrible things he says will affect the flying public. you've got the pentagon saying there will be furloughing people and also now pulled back on sending a ship to the persian gulf. republicans suggesting wait a second, that is gamesmanship here and posturing, so you've got ray lahood saying no, this will be real, and rand paul saying the president is exaggerating. >> the idea that we're just doing this to create some kind of a horrific scare...
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thank you secretary lahood. thank you to the incredible leadership, senator feinstein, nancy pelosi and mayor lee and the board of supervisors to chairman nol an from the sfmta. i am on pins and needles. do we have anything else to report? it's still at the same point we think they're in commercials. i am reminded from the song from "top gun" "take my breath away" and $942 million takes my breath away and i think to mayor lee for that amount i think we should get a leather flight jacket to thank mr. lahood for the great gift to our great city. the new money that is going to be used here is going to create 1,000 new jobs before the end of the year with many more jobs to come after that. that is something to applaud. thank you again secretary lahood for that. this is one point 7 miles very similar to the length of the
thank you secretary lahood. thank you to the incredible leadership, senator feinstein, nancy pelosi and mayor lee and the board of supervisors to chairman nol an from the sfmta. i am on pins and needles. do we have anything else to report? it's still at the same point we think they're in commercials. i am reminded from the song from "top gun" "take my breath away" and $942 million takes my breath away and i think to mayor lee for that amount i think we should get a leather...
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thank you san francisco. >> secretary lahood. thank you very much for that wonderful news. >> [inaudible] >> it's a really truly a great day for san francisco. great cities need great public transportation systems, and you know what? you know what makes our city great with all these leaders? they listen. they listen to our communities. they understand -- because for years our communities pleaded we need better transportation systems what makes our leaders so great they listen and they act. that is so wonderful. that is what standard that we have for all of our public officials. secretary lahood if you could thank president obama from all of us. yes. [applause] because i know today we're going to spend a lot of precious moments thanking leader pelosi and congress women fine 79 and boxer and. >> >> we're going to thank all of our community members and from china town and all of them have worked very hard. these are not easy projects. they're very complicated and people had to work at the highest levels to make sure that every aspec
thank you san francisco. >> secretary lahood. thank you very much for that wonderful news. >> [inaudible] >> it's a really truly a great day for san francisco. great cities need great public transportation systems, and you know what? you know what makes our city great with all these leaders? they listen. they listen to our communities. they understand -- because for years our communities pleaded we need better transportation systems what makes our leaders so great they listen...
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. >> reporter: that question was posed to the secretary of transportation, ray lahood when he was asked if the administration is trying to scare people about the sequestration. he quickly dismissed all of that and in his warning about transportation specifically was clear. according to ray lahood, this is the countdown to massive automatic cuts go on, it can make it difficult, if not impossible for air travelers to take to the skies at the end of next week with one week until sequestration, the secretary of transportation ray lahood is issuing a grim warning on the effects of automatic budget cuts on the nation's airways. >> a lot of people use airports and this is goings to have a real impact. >> reporter: if congress can not agree to stop $85 billion in automatic cuts by next week, lahood warns cancelled and delayed flights, long lines and angry passengers will dominate the nation's airport and lahood said members of congress will take the blame. >> your phones are going to ring off of the hook when people are delayed at airports and their flights are delayed and that is 90 minutes or
. >> reporter: that question was posed to the secretary of transportation, ray lahood when he was asked if the administration is trying to scare people about the sequestration. he quickly dismissed all of that and in his warning about transportation specifically was clear. according to ray lahood, this is the countdown to massive automatic cuts go on, it can make it difficult, if not impossible for air travelers to take to the skies at the end of next week with one week until...
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a dire warning from ray lahood and we'll look behind the politics for some bottom line answers just ahead. >> heather: and they are urging federal officials to take action republican and democratic state leaders weighing in the national meeting of the national governor's association, warning congress that the latest stalemate threatens economic progress in their stated. republican governor from oklahoma, he says the gridlock is taking a toll on families and democratic governor from vermont he says the nation, quote, cannot afford to put at risk jobs in the recovery. >> one of the most contentious battles n years could be over on sunday. the senate is expected to vote on the chuck hagel nomination. it's been a rough ride for the former republican senator. his fellow republicans oppose him on his positions on israel, iran and iraq and viewing him as disloyal in the nebraska senate race. >> heather: ominous developments out of iran. tehran has announced locations for 16 more nuclear power plants days before talks with world powers over it's atomic program. the revolutionary guard most powerf
a dire warning from ray lahood and we'll look behind the politics for some bottom line answers just ahead. >> heather: and they are urging federal officials to take action republican and democratic state leaders weighing in the national meeting of the national governor's association, warning congress that the latest stalemate threatens economic progress in their stated. republican governor from oklahoma, he says the gridlock is taking a toll on families and democratic governor from...
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lahood talking about the consequences for the flying public. take a listen. >> we are also beginning discussions with unions to eliminate midnight shifts in over 60 towers across the country. these closures will impact services for commercial, general aviation, and military aircraft. this will delay travelers and delay the critical goods and services that communities across the country need. these are harmful cuts with real world consequences that will cost jobs and hurt our economy. >> reporter: the point is the white house now trying to push back, make the political argument of their own that this is going to be really harmful, it's going to hurt the public, there will be long lines at airports. some flights will be canceled, tours shut down for periods of time to deal with the budget cuts. the conservatives have been saying this is a small part of the federal budget and some of the cuts may not be as dire as the white house is playing it out to be. jon: interesting when you break it all down. jenna: ray lahood was talking about the nation's
lahood talking about the consequences for the flying public. take a listen. >> we are also beginning discussions with unions to eliminate midnight shifts in over 60 towers across the country. these closures will impact services for commercial, general aviation, and military aircraft. this will delay travelers and delay the critical goods and services that communities across the country need. these are harmful cuts with real world consequences that will cost jobs and hurt our economy....
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but remember this is politics and ray lahood is the vintage politician. he'll do what he's told. he'll say to people, you're in a long line because the republicans wouldn't do what we asked. we don't have to do it but it's going to harm the economy and they're going to put it up to make political points. >> neil: do you think in the environment, whether we're having a sequestration soap opera or not, the further we get from 9/11, the less concerned and maybe fewer dollars will go into antiterrorism efforts? because it's more time has passed, and that's the case with or without sequestration. >> you're right. we don't have security today. we have the pointy object patrol. we've forgotten about 9/11. the person who ran security on 9/11 and failed, she later bottom put -- got put on the board of directors at two airlines. this is about looking for toothpaste and pointy objects. >> neil: michael, good seeing you again. >> thank you. >> the president and republicans kicking the blame game into high gear. >> sometimes folks in congress think compromise is a bad word. thousands of teach
but remember this is politics and ray lahood is the vintage politician. he'll do what he's told. he'll say to people, you're in a long line because the republicans wouldn't do what we asked. we don't have to do it but it's going to harm the economy and they're going to put it up to make political points. >> neil: do you think in the environment, whether we're having a sequestration soap opera or not, the further we get from 9/11, the less concerned and maybe fewer dollars will go into...
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>> shame on ray lahood. no, listen, i understand, but i think there's a bob woodward piece in "the post" this morning that gives the tick-tock about who really -- the idea for sequestration it was. we now know whose it was. it came from the white house and the president's aides. despite that -- >> congress went for it. >> the president said during the campaign, won't happen. i said during the campaign and so did others say we got to stop this from happening. the president has now said it was congress's fault. we know the president wasn't telling the truth about that. >> 15 of your colleagues, i want to switch to chuck hagel, nominated to be defense secretary, 15 of your colleagues including jim imhoff, sent a letter to the president saying withdraw this name, many reasons why he should not be secretary of defense. why didn't you sign that letter? >> because i did not believe that chuck hagel who is a friend of mine, is qualified to be secretary of defense. but i do believe that elections have consequences. u
>> shame on ray lahood. no, listen, i understand, but i think there's a bob woodward piece in "the post" this morning that gives the tick-tock about who really -- the idea for sequestration it was. we now know whose it was. it came from the white house and the president's aides. despite that -- >> congress went for it. >> the president said during the campaign, won't happen. i said during the campaign and so did others say we got to stop this from happening. the...
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secretary lahood joins me now. thank you for being here to talk about this. >> good morning. >> as far as we can figure out, the faa budget, we're not even talking about the transportation, is about $15 billion, give or take. they'll have to cut $16 million, about 4%. why is that enough to cause planes to be delayed for an hour and a half? there should be must be things inside the faa budget where can you get rid of 4%. >> wire going to do that. we have been spending the last several months looking at and we will really focus on this now, every contract to see what penalties we might have to cut. we'll look at everything we possibly can to get to where we need to be, which is about $600 million in cuts. we can't do it without furloughing people. >> it's a very big budget. let me add something else. the budget committee took a look at some of these numbers and they found post sequester, your postsequester total at ops and equipment is going to be about $500 million more than 2008 and the planes were running just fin
secretary lahood joins me now. thank you for being here to talk about this. >> good morning. >> as far as we can figure out, the faa budget, we're not even talking about the transportation, is about $15 billion, give or take. they'll have to cut $16 million, about 4%. why is that enough to cause planes to be delayed for an hour and a half? there should be must be things inside the faa budget where can you get rid of 4%. >> wire going to do that. we have been spending the last...
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ray lahood says, yes. he is making waves on his way out the door. take a listen to what he said. >> for all the talk within the republican party about helping small businesses, there are a lot of small businesses that are in the road construction business, the bridge construction business that would benefit from a bold infrastructure bill, a bold transportation bill, a five-year bill with some very bold ways to fund it. and i don't think you'd be turning off people in america, because they know that america's one big pothole right now. melissa: what? how is this possible given the billions in taxpayer stimulus money, remember that? shovel-ready? all that nonsense? it was supposed to go towards transportation project. i'm not crazy, right? you remember that. our money power panel is here to react. james freeman is from "the wall street journal," blake -- [inaudible] is president of american loss management and stephen hayes from the weekly standard as well. i mean, i'm at a loss, james. i thought -- i wanted to sort of reach through the radio there a
ray lahood says, yes. he is making waves on his way out the door. take a listen to what he said. >> for all the talk within the republican party about helping small businesses, there are a lot of small businesses that are in the road construction business, the bridge construction business that would benefit from a bold infrastructure bill, a bold transportation bill, a five-year bill with some very bold ways to fund it. and i don't think you'd be turning off people in america, because...
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and one question came up to ray lahood, so mr. secretary, you are the first cabinet secretary to come out higher why is it they sent you out. >> i would describe my appearance here with one word. republican. they are hoping maybe i can influence some of the people in my own party. >> bill: guess what. it doesn't look like he did. you would think maybe they would listen, republicans would listen to another republican ray lahood served in the congress representing one of the congressional districts in illinois. a good man. did fell on deaf ears. on the pecht gone the cuts are equally severe. leon panetta saying this is going to harm our military readiness in terms of ships and planes and training of men and women for combat. we are going to be really hurting, and the pentagon, again, not that you can't cut in the pentagon. we should cut the pentagon. but these across the board cuts aren't the way to go t i would love to hear your take. two things, denial. there is not going to be so bad. no. i don't mean on. we can cut 13% 90% in th
and one question came up to ray lahood, so mr. secretary, you are the first cabinet secretary to come out higher why is it they sent you out. >> i would describe my appearance here with one word. republican. they are hoping maybe i can influence some of the people in my own party. >> bill: guess what. it doesn't look like he did. you would think maybe they would listen, republicans would listen to another republican ray lahood served in the congress representing one of the...
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transportation secretary ray lahood said during an interview yesterday. he said the u.s. was once the leader in infrastructure. however, we're now falling behind other countries. secretary lahood blamed the lack of attention over the last few decades and he also attributed the pothole problem to inadequate funding for infrastructure in the current transportation bill which by the way only this time is for two years. lahood said this administration will have to come up with a bold plan to fix our highways and unsafe bridges. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a new study warns that the number of alzheimer's cases in the u.s. is going to triple over the next decade. >> vinita nair introduces us to a woman helping her father with the disease and the impact it's having on his daughter and the family. >> reporter: amy lee takes care of her father benny who was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease about three and a half years ago. >> when he was first diagnosed, he would say like what's happening to me? i don't remember anything. or something's wrong. but now he's passed that
transportation secretary ray lahood said during an interview yesterday. he said the u.s. was once the leader in infrastructure. however, we're now falling behind other countries. secretary lahood blamed the lack of attention over the last few decades and he also attributed the pothole problem to inadequate funding for infrastructure in the current transportation bill which by the way only this time is for two years. lahood said this administration will have to come up with a bold plan to fix...
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secretary lahood was talking about april for some of these air traffic affects. what will we see and how soon after march 1st? >> well, it's hard to say. there's no question that no one is going to be furloughed next friday. and the cuts will really not be visible for several weeks if that. it's also possible that congress will reach a deal several weeks into these cuts to stop them. and nothing really noticeable, you know, would happen to government services. so they will be gradual and federal agencies have the ability to push off some of the cuts. but what they are saying is that they need to start furloughing people in about april. the defense, the pentagon says this week that it was issuing furlough notices to about 800,000 civilian employees. to prepare to be furloughed. so in the case of the pentagon, you know, that means that destroyers, various aircraft carriers will not deploy to places like the persian gulf and other theatre, and that's a big effect on local economies, in areas like rampton rode, virginia, san diego. and it's an effect affect that will
secretary lahood was talking about april for some of these air traffic affects. what will we see and how soon after march 1st? >> well, it's hard to say. there's no question that no one is going to be furloughed next friday. and the cuts will really not be visible for several weeks if that. it's also possible that congress will reach a deal several weeks into these cuts to stop them. and nothing really noticeable, you know, would happen to government services. so they will be gradual and...
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more than 100 air control towers at smaller airports could be closed, lahood said. airlines likely would cancel flights. and congress, he said, would hear of the fallout. >> it's not only the impact on the passengers, it's the impact that it has on airports, control towers, people who work there, airports. and their phones are going to start ringing. why does this have to happen? nobody likes a delay. nobody likes waiting in line. none of us do. if we can't get our hamburger within five minutes, if we can't get on the plane within 30, 40, 50 minutes after going through, you know what happens. they start calling their member of congress. >> suarez: more now on these latest warnings, the republican response and the timing of these possible cuts. lisa rein is following this for the "washington post" and she joins me now. lisa, in recent days senior members of the obama administration have laid out an exacting detail all the terrible consequences that the sequester goes through while republicans, in many cases, have said it might not be that bad. from your reporting, ca
more than 100 air control towers at smaller airports could be closed, lahood said. airlines likely would cancel flights. and congress, he said, would hear of the fallout. >> it's not only the impact on the passengers, it's the impact that it has on airports, control towers, people who work there, airports. and their phones are going to start ringing. why does this have to happen? nobody likes a delay. nobody likes waiting in line. none of us do. if we can't get our hamburger within five...
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i don't care about that, what's sequester can't affect me, but ray lahood says it's going to affect all of us and we better pay attention and he's not happy. and he's fear mongering and trying to scare us so that we pressure lawmakers not to do th this, but sitting at the airport and 90 minute delays, should have listened. >> there is a bit of self-fulfilli self-fulfilling prophesy in this and no one was taken to task and president obama called his team to do is ray lahood. he's definitely taken to it with gusto and issued some dire warnings about that. >> he knows how to scare us. >> he does. and he has-- he's been in washington long enough to know how this game is played, once his republican congressman now, and democratic presidents on transportation, but look, the truth is that the cuts as they end up. they start out very small and they do build over time, but the scaring that they're talking about, the things they're talking about are based on decades, that this would be law for a decade that this would go on and on and on and we'd never have another budget in the next decade and n
i don't care about that, what's sequester can't affect me, but ray lahood says it's going to affect all of us and we better pay attention and he's not happy. and he's fear mongering and trying to scare us so that we pressure lawmakers not to do th this, but sitting at the airport and 90 minute delays, should have listened. >> there is a bit of self-fulfilli self-fulfilling prophesy in this and no one was taken to task and president obama called his team to do is ray lahood. he's...
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and secretary lahood is here to discuss one aspect of that with you and to take some questions. and afterwards, i'll be here to take questions on other issues. i just want to remind you that we're on a slightly constrained time schedule. we have the president's meeting with national governors -- democratic governors, and then also the pool spray with the prime minister of japan. with that, i turn it over to secretary lahood. >> sequester will be a very -- will have a very serious impact on the transportation services that are critical to the traveling public and to the nation's economy. at dot, we will need to cut nearly a billion dollars, which will affect dozens of our programs. over $600 million of these cuts will need to come from the federal aviation administration, the agency that controls and manages our nation's skies. as a result of these cuts, the vast majority of faa's nearly 47,000 employees will be furloughed for approximately one day per pay period until the end of the fiscal year, and in some cases it could be as many as two days. today we are sharing more details
and secretary lahood is here to discuss one aspect of that with you and to take some questions. and afterwards, i'll be here to take questions on other issues. i just want to remind you that we're on a slightly constrained time schedule. we have the president's meeting with national governors -- democratic governors, and then also the pool spray with the prime minister of japan. with that, i turn it over to secretary lahood. >> sequester will be a very -- will have a very serious impact...
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. >> what do you make of secretary lahood, a republican blaming republicans? >> shame on ray lahood. >> 15 minutes from now several officials are holding a news conference on the sequestration impact on air travel. mickey mccarter, washington correspondent for homeland security today. there are two big things i heard most about. one is fewer tsa agents. so if, say, 50,000 screeners aren't there, do we know what will happen? are we talking an extra half hour's wait? hours? do we? >>. >> we don't really know. where tsa is concerned, pretty much saying what other federal agencies are saying. it is going to have to furlough its workers somewhere between 7 to 14 day which is is what secretary lahood said about employees at the faa as well. he's projecting up to 90 minutes of delay time for a lot of flights in major zbloyts wow. okay. talked about the faa. that could mean -- $600 million furloughing this is according to the white house, 47,000 employees, closing 100 control towers, cutting control tower shifts. what could that mean? >> it depends on who you talk to.
. >> what do you make of secretary lahood, a republican blaming republicans? >> shame on ray lahood. >> 15 minutes from now several officials are holding a news conference on the sequestration impact on air travel. mickey mccarter, washington correspondent for homeland security today. there are two big things i heard most about. one is fewer tsa agents. so if, say, 50,000 screeners aren't there, do we know what will happen? are we talking an extra half hour's wait? hours? do...
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we've had ray lahood tell us our travel plans will be in disarray. we've had arne duncan warn us the teachers will be laid off, the education of our children badly undermined. but, robert, isn't this the republican rampage against government, not through the ballot box because, of course, they lost the presidential election, but through the excuse of the sequester? >> look, i think in some ways it is. there are certainly programs that you enumerated there that they would be happy to watch any federal funding squeezed off of. i do think if you again look at their rhetoric from last fall around what's going to happen to military readiness and national security, they were holding their hands up and waving them furiously just a few months ago that we couldn't possibly let this happen to now going to a mere shoulder shrug of bring it on. i think they go into this, martin, with a huge disadvantage, as you showed with the polling. i think they've got very bad cards, and they seem intent on sitting at the card table and playing each and every one of them. >>
we've had ray lahood tell us our travel plans will be in disarray. we've had arne duncan warn us the teachers will be laid off, the education of our children badly undermined. but, robert, isn't this the republican rampage against government, not through the ballot box because, of course, they lost the presidential election, but through the excuse of the sequester? >> look, i think in some ways it is. there are certainly programs that you enumerated there that they would be happy to watch...
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today we heard from the president and ray lahood, the cabinet's lone republican. >> what i'm trying to do is to wake up members of the congress on the republican side to the idea that they need to come to the table, offer a proposal so that we don't have to have this kind of calamity in air service in america. >> lahood said air traffic and safety would be drupted. defense secretary le onpennetta said the nation would billion less safe. republicans say it's overblown. how much does the public really care, john? >> well, it's a big deal. but it's not as dramatic as a government shutdown where everybody can see that the washington monument's closed. you left out one, the interior department said that visitors to national parks will find locked restrooms in many places. talk about the hammer coming down. look, it's one of those things that the effects will build over time. airline waits will get longer. and this is one of the things that people who want a long-term budget deal including the president including some republicans want top happen because the public which favors spending cuts
today we heard from the president and ray lahood, the cabinet's lone republican. >> what i'm trying to do is to wake up members of the congress on the republican side to the idea that they need to come to the table, offer a proposal so that we don't have to have this kind of calamity in air service in america. >> lahood said air traffic and safety would be drupted. defense secretary le onpennetta said the nation would billion less safe. republicans say it's overblown. how much does...
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that will create a 22nd century of transit for the tronst century of jobs so thank you to secretary lahood and thank you to the leadership for all that we have accomplished here today. [applause] >> peter rogof was dominated to serve in the federal administration by the department of transportation in 2009 by president barack obama. he has over see the disbursement throughout the country through the american reinvestment act and has done so meeting every milestone established by that act. getting money into hands of transit operators whose budgets were severely strained by the worse economic downturn since our great depression. please welcome fta administrator peter rogof. [applause] >> well thank you mayor lee and let me just say as the federal transit administrator it's great to be in a federal transit city. as many people know a rail connection was promised to the people of union square and chinatown going on two decades. they made that promise because this quarter is the most densely populated quarter in the entire western united states that doesn't have an adequate rail connection and
that will create a 22nd century of transit for the tronst century of jobs so thank you to secretary lahood and thank you to the leadership for all that we have accomplished here today. [applause] >> peter rogof was dominated to serve in the federal administration by the department of transportation in 2009 by president barack obama. he has over see the disbursement throughout the country through the american reinvestment act and has done so meeting every milestone established by that act....
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>> i will bet you had secretary lahood said these things could happen, that says it could happen. if the administration makes the worst possible management positions, you will have the worst outcomes. if they make halfway decent decisions, the right option will get funded and the savings, there are plenty of savings in these accounts. when i was governor we were spending 9.4% because of the recession. wthey managed it right, nobody ever missed it. we're talking 2.5% in the biggest cuts above 5%. if they can't manage that, they ought to get another job. melissa: to threaten people into doing something is crazy. thank you for spending time on our show, we appreciate it. >> thank you, melissa. melissa: it is day one of the trial against bp to determine how much the oil giant should pay for the worst offshore oil spill. in opening statements, justice department lawyers said before people, safety and environment. 11 workers died when the rig exploded back in 2010. the business roundtable offered ways to boost the economy by producing more oil and gas, upping energy efficiency and suppo
>> i will bet you had secretary lahood said these things could happen, that says it could happen. if the administration makes the worst possible management positions, you will have the worst outcomes. if they make halfway decent decisions, the right option will get funded and the savings, there are plenty of savings in these accounts. when i was governor we were spending 9.4% because of the recession. wthey managed it right, nobody ever missed it. we're talking 2.5% in the biggest cuts...
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and secretary lahood said that could affect things like air travel. it could mean you have longer lines at security or have delays when you're trying to catch your flights. now there's been a lot of back-and-forth as you can match with both sides pointing the finger about who's to blame. if these forced spending cuts go through. whether the blame should be shared. here's what senator john mccain had to say this morning also on "state of the union." let's listen. >> i won't put all the blame on the president of the united states. but the president leads, the president should be calling us over somewhere, camp david, the white house. somewhere and us sitting down and trying to avert these cuts. >> so there you heard it from senator mccain. he wants to see more leadership out of the white house, fred? >> thank you so much, athena jones at the white house, appreciate it. >>> more now on what's taking place in rome as the pope blessed thousands of catholics in the vatican for the last time. there have been questions raised on why he's resigning. although h
and secretary lahood said that could affect things like air travel. it could mean you have longer lines at security or have delays when you're trying to catch your flights. now there's been a lot of back-and-forth as you can match with both sides pointing the finger about who's to blame. if these forced spending cuts go through. whether the blame should be shared. here's what senator john mccain had to say this morning also on "state of the union." let's listen. >> i won't put...
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obama administration now predicting some difficult circumstances, transportation secretary ray lahood saying air traffic controllers could be cut causing flight delays and the secretary of education saying the nation's school children will suffer because of strained finances in the state. listen.... >> means a lot more children will not get the kinds of services they need as many as 40,000 teachers could lose their jobs. >> reporter: meantime, plenty of political finger pointing. >> the reason there is no agreement is because there is no leadership from the president on actually recognizing what the problem is. >> why is it that we can't come to the table and agree what cuts need to happen? that is what we should be doing. we shouldn't be passing the blame to the executive branch or saying this is obama's sequester >> reporter: both sides are pessimistic about changes to the agreement. >> heather: with five days left, you can understand why. what are the nation's governors saying? >> they had a meeting over the wined and some went on the sunday talk shows to talk about it. >> the real
obama administration now predicting some difficult circumstances, transportation secretary ray lahood saying air traffic controllers could be cut causing flight delays and the secretary of education saying the nation's school children will suffer because of strained finances in the state. listen.... >> means a lot more children will not get the kinds of services they need as many as 40,000 teachers could lose their jobs. >> reporter: meantime, plenty of political finger pointing....
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on friday, outgoing transportation secretary ray lahood said travelers would see major delays. >> this is going to have a real impact. calamity. it's a big deal. >> reporter: lahood said faa would need to trim $1 billion, less than 2% of the entire transportation budget. >> i think you've got a little bit of scare tactics going on there. >> reporter: and there is still finger-pointing over whose idea this was in the first place. in a "washington post" op-ed, bob woodward claims it came directly from the white house, writing, "obama personally approved the plan." white house offials have argued that the majority of house republicans voted to approve the sequester. as for furloughs, government officials say the majority of them won't take effect for about a month. >> for more on how all this is playing out we're joined by cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood. if we get to friday, they don't make a deal, do is they cuts all play out at once or does it transpire over a series of weeks or months? >> they'll play out for a while, maybe not for a long while. even though body par
on friday, outgoing transportation secretary ray lahood said travelers would see major delays. >> this is going to have a real impact. calamity. it's a big deal. >> reporter: lahood said faa would need to trim $1 billion, less than 2% of the entire transportation budget. >> i think you've got a little bit of scare tactics going on there. >> reporter: and there is still finger-pointing over whose idea this was in the first place. in a "washington post" op-ed,...
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if congress cannot agree to stop $85 billion in automatic cuts by next week, lahood warns canceled and delayed flights, long lines and angry passengers will dominate the nation's airports, and he says members of congress will take the blame. >> your phones will start ringing off the hook when these people start being delayed at airports 90 minutes or their flights are canceled. >> reporter: dot itself faces a $1 billion cut with 600 million coming from the faa. 74,000 employees and air traffic controllers face furloughs. faa says if it has to cut staff, it will limit the number of planes that will fly. >> at the major international airports, average wait times to clear customs will increase by 50%. >> reporter: but delays will only be in the air, just getting through the airport could be a nightmare. at a valentine's day hearing, homeland security secretary janet napalatano said furloughs could make security check points slowing down to a crawl. >> peak wait times, which can already reach over two hours, could grow to four hours or more. >> reporter: but what's not uncertain is that th
if congress cannot agree to stop $85 billion in automatic cuts by next week, lahood warns canceled and delayed flights, long lines and angry passengers will dominate the nation's airports, and he says members of congress will take the blame. >> your phones will start ringing off the hook when these people start being delayed at airports 90 minutes or their flights are canceled. >> reporter: dot itself faces a $1 billion cut with 600 million coming from the faa. 74,000 employees and...
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not popular but bold. >> thanks, monika. >> thanks, secretary lahood for his service. he's been a wonderful advocate for livable communities. >>> 6:48. time to answer our question of the morning. the question one more time, according to "u.s.a. today," two out of ten of us have never done this. is it a, flown on a plane, b, gone to a concert or c, traveled outside of your home state. >> wusa9 facebook friend wrote, it's an awn semghting fact that -- an unsettles fact that 60 million americans have not flown on a check or traveled to see a little more of their world. >> the answer is b. 20% of us have never gone to a concert. >> and some of us never went back. terry moen told us. went to journey, never been to one since then but she got it right. >> maybe i will find you some concert tickets in daily deals in the future. some good ones. we've been combing through them and here are some of my favorites this morning. do a little decorating with this zeal from target. you get -- deal from target. you get two leather club chairs, real leather, nail head design. deep espress
not popular but bold. >> thanks, monika. >> thanks, secretary lahood for his service. he's been a wonderful advocate for livable communities. >>> 6:48. time to answer our question of the morning. the question one more time, according to "u.s.a. today," two out of ten of us have never done this. is it a, flown on a plane, b, gone to a concert or c, traveled outside of your home state. >> wusa9 facebook friend wrote, it's an awn semghting fact that -- an...
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but transportation of secretary yesterday ray lahood said the first thing that has to go is the air traffic controllers. that can't possibly be the case at the department of transportation. that's the first am only thing they can come up with? >> eric: janet napolitano today said if you are waiting two hours in line to come through security, expect four hours or maybe six hours. >> greg: crazy. >> dana: that would be improvement. >> eric: we're not cutting spending. $85 billion is off tip crease that was going to happen. >> bob: you said we'll spend more money and that is true. entitlements grow with sequestration. the reason this is a big deal it cuts everything across the board. there will be fewer people at tsa and fewer flights handle and there are serious -- >> eric: i got to ask. >> bob: they get done and the cowards don't have the ability to -- >> eric: there aren't fewer. even you use 2012 budgets to pay 2013 expenses you will spent more. you have more to spend than 2012. >> bob: in the in cuts that are subjected to the sequestration. >> eric: kimberly, the year 2000 an 2012 the pop
but transportation of secretary yesterday ray lahood said the first thing that has to go is the air traffic controllers. that can't possibly be the case at the department of transportation. that's the first am only thing they can come up with? >> eric: janet napolitano today said if you are waiting two hours in line to come through security, expect four hours or maybe six hours. >> greg: crazy. >> dana: that would be improvement. >> eric: we're not cutting spending. $85...
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listen to what ray lahood pitched this infrastructure plan. >> i don't think you would be turning off people in america because they know america is one big pothole right now. >> dave: there are a lot of potholes? >> i agree. what happened with the last infrastructure spending in the surplus spend. guess how much highways got? a big, fat zero. in new jersey it was sent on highway ramps to nowhere. >> dave: there are road to nowheres in new hampshire. >> that one ended up in a concrete wall. the scan village, population less than 200, they got a $15 million airport. why not newark or las vegas. it's a big pork barrel project where the states spend the money and they get to a monopoly on this money. >> dave: i am thinking of the big dig in boston and terribly corrupt. scheduled for $2 billion and ended up costing $15 billion. new york has a second avenue subway system they have been building for 40 years. do we need more of this? >> we don't necessarily need more of this. going a back to steve's point, public private partnership, it takes a certain amount of money and spending from the
listen to what ray lahood pitched this infrastructure plan. >> i don't think you would be turning off people in america because they know america is one big pothole right now. >> dave: there are a lot of potholes? >> i agree. what happened with the last infrastructure spending in the surplus spend. guess how much highways got? a big, fat zero. in new jersey it was sent on highway ramps to nowhere. >> dave: there are road to nowheres in new hampshire. >> that one...
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here is ray lahood. >> it will ripple across the country. cuts mean preventative maintenance and quick repair of runway equipment may not be possible which could lead to more delays. >> what you heard was a hundred small airport towers could be shut down. control towers because of lack of funding. you will see 90-minute delays. furloughs every week. visitors centers, rest rooms, garbage cans won't be serviced as efficiently as they are now. again, they are trying to build a ground swell of outrage against what will happen. put pressure on republicans. republicans so far standing their ground. >> har wood, thank you very much. john harwood reporting from washington. another big story today, focussing on washington. and boeing's trip to the nation's capitol to meet with the faa. shares of boeing up about 61 cents at 76.63. and those shares, since first sign after battery problem on january 16, the stock has pretty much recovered, as you see by that chart of about the fast month or so. phil lebeau live on the beat in chicago. phil? >> tyler, th
here is ray lahood. >> it will ripple across the country. cuts mean preventative maintenance and quick repair of runway equipment may not be possible which could lead to more delays. >> what you heard was a hundred small airport towers could be shut down. control towers because of lack of funding. you will see 90-minute delays. furloughs every week. visitors centers, rest rooms, garbage cans won't be serviced as efficiently as they are now. again, they are trying to build a ground...
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lahood had some biting words for congress specifically for republicans saying, wake up. this is, quote, not rocket science. >>> new at 6:00, the new law in ne nevada. shares of san francisco-based online gaming companies up nearly 8% after nevada became the first state to legalize online gambling. they do not allow gambling for money on the site but says it is exploring the idea. >> it is the biggest pension fund in the entire country. thec california public employee retirement system. they carry a lot of cloud. even a small symbolic gesture like $5 million of gun stock can create big waves. in tonight's reality check, sam brock examines whether or not the state can really claim it's looking out for the public safety interest by selling the stock. >> reporter: good evening. it's a very good question and it's also where you could argue calpers finds itself in murky waters. if you look, there are some that are just as harmful, if not more so, than gun manufacturers. to this day, the nation still bows its head to the victims of newtown as capitol hill lawmakers figure out w
lahood had some biting words for congress specifically for republicans saying, wake up. this is, quote, not rocket science. >>> new at 6:00, the new law in ne nevada. shares of san francisco-based online gaming companies up nearly 8% after nevada became the first state to legalize online gambling. they do not allow gambling for money on the site but says it is exploring the idea. >> it is the biggest pension fund in the entire country. thec california public employee retirement...